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Benjamin Moore Palatial Skies#A5C8DD · LRV 55

Palatial Skies reads as a blue / cool — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Benjamin Moore 800 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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BENJAMIN MOORE PALATIAL SKIES
RGB 165, 200, 221 LRV 55

Color spec

Brand Benjamin Moore
Name Palatial Skies
SKU 800
Hex #A5C8DD
RGB 165, 200, 221
HSL 203°, 45%, 76%
LRV 55
Undertone blue / cool
Family Blue

About Benjamin Moore Palatial Skies

At LRV 55, Palatial Skies is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its blue undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.

Palatial Skies is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Blues calm a room, which makes them popular in bedrooms, bathrooms and home offices.

Kompozit alternative

The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.

KOMPOZIT
Dancing in the Rain
SKU 0644 · #ABC5D6 · LRV 53
ΔE 2.36 (close)
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Closest matches at every US brand

9 brands · top 5 each

5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all blue from that brand.

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.49
All blue at PPG / Glidden →
1158-3
#A4C3D7
Blue Bows
ΔE 1.49 · LRV 52
1157-3
#ABC8D8
Sonata
ΔE 1.93 · LRV 55
1239-3
#9FC9E4
Windsor Way
ΔE 2.04 · LRV 55
1154-4
#ADC6D3
Twinkle
ΔE 3.24 · LRV 54
1243-3
#ABCAEA
Baby Bunting
ΔE 4.87 · LRV 57

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.81
All blue at Valspar →
8002-43B
#A0C5D7
Sound Waves
ΔE 1.81 · LRV 52
4005-5B
#AAC5D4
Sailboat
ΔE 2.48 · LRV 53.1
4004-5B
#A8C3D8
Novella Blue
ΔE 2.53 · LRV 52.4
8003-41B
#AAC8D5
Summer Rain
ΔE 2.95 · LRV 55
8002-41B
#A2C9D6
Neptune's Castle
ΔE 3.96 · LRV 54

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.13
All blue at Behr →
S520-3
#9DC7DB
Perfect Landing
ΔE 2.13 · LRV 53
S530-3
#A0C7E3
Aerial View
ΔE 2.33 · LRV 54
PPU14-13
#ADC7DC
Caspian Tide
ΔE 2.68 · LRV 55
MQ5-50
#AEC4D0
Opal Waters
ΔE 4 · LRV 53
HDC-CT-16A
#B4C8D4
English Hollyhock
ΔE 4.42 · LRV 56

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.3
All blue at Backdrop →
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 2.3 · LRV 51
BD-UD
#A4B5BB
Underdog
ΔE 7.84 · LRV 41
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 20.27 · LRV 65
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 26.59 · LRV 60
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 29.65 · LRV 53

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.38
All blue at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 9063
#9BC8DE
Porch Ceiling
ΔE 2.38 · LRV 54
SW 6506
#A9C9D7
Vast Sky
ΔE 2.63 · LRV 55
SW 6527
#B2C8D8
Blissful Blue
ΔE 3.5 · LRV 56
SW 6520
#B2C7D3
Honest Blue
ΔE 4.17 · LRV 55
SW 6513
#B3C9D3
Take Five
ΔE 4.56 · LRV 56

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.76
All blue at Dunn-Edwards →
DE5849
#99C1DC
January Frost
ΔE 2.76 · LRV 50
DE5877
#B0C6DF
Afternoon Sky
ΔE 5.06 · LRV 55
DE5772
#ADC5C9
Blue Spruce
ΔE 6.77 · LRV 53
DE5765
#9ACAD3
Surfside
ΔE 7.06 · LRV 54
DE5898
#B9C4DE
Prim Blue
ΔE 9.51 · LRV 55

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.88
All blue at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 89
#A1B8CA
Lulworth Blue
ΔE 4.88 · LRV 46
NO. 27
#B2BFC5
Parma Gray
ΔE 7.44 · LRV 51
NO. 210
#A1C5C8
Blue Ground
ΔE 8.04 · LRV 52
NO. 236
#C0CDC2
Teresa's Green
ΔE 14.68 · LRV 59
NO. 270
#CCC8CE
Calluna
ΔE 15.13 · LRV 59

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.39
All blue at Clare →
PNT100-MD-73
#ADBECB
Cloud Watching
ΔE 5.39 · LRV 50
PNT100-LT-37
#B1C6CA
Summer Friday
ΔE 6.84 · LRV 54
PNT100-LT-35
#B9CDC8
Views
ΔE 11.23 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-10
#C1CAC5
Grayish
ΔE 12.36 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 13.12 · LRV 54

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 7.28
All blue at Magnolia Home →
JG-88
#AFCACD
Vibrant Horizon
ΔE 7.28 · LRV 56
JG-76
#AEC8CA
It Is Well
ΔE 7.7 · LRV 55
JG-93
#C1C6CE
Cement Pots
ΔE 9.69 · LRV 56
JG-83
#C1C5C5
Loft
ΔE 11.33 · LRV 55
JG-123
#BBBDB9
Day-to-day
ΔE 13.65 · LRV 50

Similar Benjamin Moore colors

closest in the Benjamin Moore deck

The nearest shades to Palatial Skies within Benjamin Moore's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

CW-655
Greenhow Blue
LRV 55
836
Sea View
LRV null
780
Crisp Morning Air
LRV 58
828
Airway
LRV null
1655
Blue Bay Marina
LRV 57
787
Grandma's Sweater
LRV null

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #A5C8DD in HSL space. Pair Palatial Skies with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#A5C8DD + #DDBAA5
TRIADIC
#A5C8DD · #DDA5C8 · #C8DDA5
ANALOGOUS
#A5DDD6 · #A5C8DD · #A5ACDD

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.76:1 fail
Sample text on black
11.91:1 AAA

WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.

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